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October 99 1999 -Talk
about an exciting year for a Fresno band. Just recently Cattie Ness
& the Revenge returned from playing the world
famous Greasebail in San Francisco. A month ago, they held one of
the prestigious spots at the
Hot Rod Deluxe Parlyput on
by Hot Rod magazine at the LA
County
Fair, and now the band is scheduled to play Viva Las Vegas
(the
world's largest rockabilly show) in April 2000 for the Purist Records showcase
"Good Rockin' Tonight".

Cattie
Ness & the Revenge has been playing traditional rockabilly for
the last four years. They are Rebecca Caraveo on lead vocals and
rhythm guitar, Kevin Thomason on upright bass, Rich McCulley
on lead guitar and Kym Kilgore on drums. The music is fun and up
tempo; the lyrics tongue in cheek from a cattie woman's point of view "I
was standing by the doorwhen I saw ya stagger up to the
gate. Well I grabbed a rolling pin but it's just about a second too...
"Mean"--you
never
stop talking, it's time your start walking, just shut your mouTh and please
go .... "99 Bottles" --the ever popular Maddox Bros. and Rose cover
"Wild Wild Young Men" ... wild, wild young men scandalize my name...
and the not-too-romantic love song "Baby Maybe Then I'll Love You"
You're not the first, your not the last, if you want to love me, start
working fast, baby, ...

For
over a year the band hosted shows in the Americana genre at their local
hangout, Tokyo Garden, as well as other venues in Fresno. These
shows have ranged from Cowpunk to Western Swing to Psychobilly and boast
the likes of Big Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, Deadbolt and Deke Dickerson.

As
for recording, the band just finished up 5 songs as a start to their upcoming
self-produced CD "Fresno Rockabilly" planned for a spring release. Some
time soon they will be going into the studio with Deke Dickerson for their
contribution to the Purist Records compilation "Good Rockin' Tonight",
also due out in spring of 2000.

They'II
Make You Pay!

Cattie
Ness & the Revenge, Fresno's only rockabilly band, will bring their
take-no-prisoners show to SLO Brewing Co. in SLO Town this Saturday,
Sept.18. The 4- year-old four-piece features Kym Kilgore on drums, Kevin
Thomason on the stand-up bass, Mario Jimenez on the lead guitar, and Rebecca
Caraveo singing lead vocals and playing rhythm guitar. They're Fresno's
rockabilly ambassadors.

"We've
brought many acts to Fresno so that we could play with them.....Big
Sandy and His Fly-Rite Boys, Deke Dickerson, and Deadbolt, to
drop a few names," said Caraveo. "We've been playing the southern part
of the state for the last few months and have been getting a tremendous
response. We've played the Bowl-a-Rama, Jacks Sugar Shack, and the Foothill
Club -all big names in the scene.

"We've
also played some of the hot rod shows, including the Shifters' (a SoCal
car club) Fourth Annual Shindig -and they only invite hands they really
like!-the Authentic Zombie Hot Rod Wear's Sideburn Circus, and last week
we played the Hot Rod Deluxe magazine party at teh L.A. County Fair.

We
play traditinal rockabilly from a cattie woman's point of view;" continued
Caraveo mysteriously. "We'll be recording our first CD at the end of this
month and will appear on the Purist Records compilation 'A Tribute to
Sun Records,' produced by Deke Dickerson. Check them out if
you dare!

Just
this week I put a 5-song demo CD in the mail. I thought you
would like Hot Rod Deluxe. The party was good. The b/w
on the website is from that show. My web guy is lagging, but soon
I hope to have some HRD pics as well as the Greaseball (in SF) where
we were invited to play for the first time (but have been to every one).

Hope
you like our CD. We plan to have an MP3
on the website soon also. Please let me know how you like it.
The songs are: